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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

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Pursuit of beauty, revealing soul's dark portrait.

Wilde's novel isn't just a peak into the Victorian obsession with aesthetics; it's a sharp critique cloaked in the seductive garb of elegance. As Dorian Gray's pursuit of pleasure leaves moral decay in its wake, his unchanging beauty becomes a chilling tableau of the cost of vanity. If you're tantalized by moral allegories and gothic nuances, this book is a captivating dance with the darker sides of desire and the price of eternal youth.

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ISBN: 9781909399006
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Roads Publishing
Date of Publication: 2013-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Horror, Fantasy
Related Topics: Gothic, Fantasy, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.13
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Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, posits the idea that the only thing worth pursuing in life is beauty. The novel's protagonist, entranced by the perfection of his portrait and realising that his beauty will one day fade, makes a Faustian bargain whereby the figure on the canvas ages in his place. Gray embarks upon a hedonistic spree of debauchery and cruelty, which marks only the portrait's face, while his exquisite beauty remains intact.
 

Pursuit of beauty, revealing soul's dark portrait.

Wilde's novel isn't just a peak into the Victorian obsession with aesthetics; it's a sharp critique cloaked in the seductive garb of elegance. As Dorian Gray's pursuit of pleasure leaves moral decay in its wake, his unchanging beauty becomes a chilling tableau of the cost of vanity. If you're tantalized by moral allegories and gothic nuances, this book is a captivating dance with the darker sides of desire and the price of eternal youth.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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